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Quiz about More on the British Royal Family
Quiz about More on the British Royal Family

More on the British Royal Family Quiz


More royal little-known facts about sometimes very un-royal people. If you like this quiz, try the British Royal Family, Secrets of the BRF or Had Enough of the BRF?

A multiple-choice quiz by vendome. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
vendome
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
2,330
Updated
Apr 20 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
6296
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 217 (9/10), bookhound (7/10), Guest 207 (9/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Frogmore is a house and mausoleum in the grounds of Windsor Castle. For which of these was the mausoleum originally built? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Margaret MacDonald holds the record for years of service to the royal family. She functioned in what capacity? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What is St Paul's, Walden Bury? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. To what is the royal family referring when they talk about 'Granny's Chips'? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What do the younger royals call the Aunt Heap? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. The all-time favorite TV show of Queen Elizabeth II was an American action weekly series of the shoot-em-up police genre. Which one was it? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. One of these four U.S. politicians actively pursued a royal liaison for a member of his family. Who was it? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Anne, the Princess Royal, was what number in the Order of Succession to the Throne, when her brother Edward had his second child in 2007? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What titles were given to Princess Margaret's children when they were born? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What is the oldest, and generally considered to be the most desirable, honor a King or Queen can bestow on a citizen? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Frogmore is a house and mausoleum in the grounds of Windsor Castle. For which of these was the mausoleum originally built?

Answer: Prince Albert

Queen Victoria built Frogmore to honor her beloved husband, Prince Albert. Never fully recovering from Albert's death, Victoria slept with Albert's nightshirt in her arms until the day she died.
2. Margaret MacDonald holds the record for years of service to the royal family. She functioned in what capacity?

Answer: the Queen's dresser

Margaret McDonald (Bobo) has been with the Queen since her childhood, and serves as the Queen's dresser. She is the only person who can tell the Queen to finish her breakfast, dress more sensibly, to wear gloves, etc. And the Queen did just as she was told.
3. What is St Paul's, Walden Bury?

Answer: where the Queen Mother grew up

St Pauls, Walden Bury is near Hitchin, Hertfordshire.
Contrary to a widespread misconception, she did not grow up at Glamis Castle, which is the ancestral home of the Earls of Strathmore, the Queen Mother's family.
4. To what is the royal family referring when they talk about 'Granny's Chips'?

Answer: Crown jewels

Granny's Chips is the affectionate term coined by Queen Elizabeth II that refers to parts of the crown jewels made for Queen Mary, specifically the Cullinan III and Cullinan IV diamonds.
5. What do the younger royals call the Aunt Heap?

Answer: Kensington Palace

Aunt Heap is Kensington Palace, where so many elderly aunts have spent their final days e.g. Princess Diana, Princess Margaret, Princess Michael of Kent and Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone.
6. The all-time favorite TV show of Queen Elizabeth II was an American action weekly series of the shoot-em-up police genre. Which one was it?

Answer: Kojak

The Queen would never miss an episode of 'Kojak', and was quite taken with its star, Telly Savalas. She made a personal request that he be invited to the State dinner given in her honor by President and Mrs. Ford in 1976.
7. One of these four U.S. politicians actively pursued a royal liaison for a member of his family. Who was it?

Answer: President Nixon

President Nixon made it rather obvious that he wanted a liaison between Prince Charles and his daughter, Tricia. Tricia was even designated the family's official representative at Charles' investiture as Prince of Wales. The Prince's reaction to Tricia? 'Plastic and artificial.'
8. Anne, the Princess Royal, was what number in the Order of Succession to the Throne, when her brother Edward had his second child in 2007?

Answer: 10

The Princess Royal was number 3 when she was born in 1950, behind her mother (who became Queen Elizabeth II in 1952) and her brother (who became King Charles III in 2022).

In 2007 she was 10th behind her brothers, Charles, his two sons William and Harry, her brother Andrew and his two daughters, Beatrice and Eugenie, and her brother Edward and his two children, Louise and James (born in 2007).
9. What titles were given to Princess Margaret's children when they were born?

Answer: Viscount and Lady

Today Margaret's children are the 2nd Earl of Snowden and Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones. Viscount Linley became the Earl in 2017 when his father passed away.
10. What is the oldest, and generally considered to be the most desirable, honor a King or Queen can bestow on a citizen?

Answer: Order of the Garter

Dating back to 1349, the Order of the Garter is associated with King Edward III. Recipients participate in a formal ceremony presided over by the Queen, wear elegant robes of blue velvet with plumed hats, and are honored in the Throne Room of Windsor Castle.
Source: Author vendome

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